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Movies that feel like Alexander (2004)

If you loved Alexander, the closest films we have are Pearl Harbor (2001), A Knight's Tale (2001) and Jodhaa Akbar (2008). All three share Alexander's epic and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and MGM Plus and others, checked against today's data.

Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.

πŸ… 15% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Oliver Stonebleakepickineticcontemplativeromantictender

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Pearl Harbor
2001 Β· dir. Michael Bay
πŸ… 24%β˜… 6.3war Β· history Β· drama

Bleak and epic in the same breath

The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

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A Knight's Tale
2001 Β· dir. Brian Helgeland
πŸ… 60%β˜… 7adventure Β· drama Β· romance

The same preoccupation in both: sword fight

The difference: Reviewed even better

William Thatcher, a knight's peasant apprentice, gets a chance at glory when the knight dies suddenly mid-tournament. Posing as a knight himself, William won't stop until he's crowned tournament championβ€”assuming matters of the heart don't get in the way.

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Jodhaa Akbar
2008 Β· dir. Ashutosh Gowariker
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.5romance Β· history Β· drama

Common ground: emperor

The difference: Not nearly as bleak as Alexander

A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a Mughal emperor and a Rajput princess.

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Pompeii
2014 Β· dir. Paul W. S. Anderson
πŸ… 27%β˜… 5.5action Β· adventure Β· history

The same mix in both: momentum, then stillness

In 79 A.D., Milo, a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.

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Arn: The Knight Templar
2007 Β· dir. Peter Flinth
β˜… 6.6action Β· adventure Β· drama

Romantic where it counts, tender underneath

Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.

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Platoon
1986 Β· dir. Oliver Stone
πŸ… 89%β˜… 8.1drama Β· war Β· action

The same hand behind both of them: Oliver Stone

As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

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King Arthur
2004 Β· dir. Antoine Fuqua
πŸ… 30%β˜… 6.3adventure Β· war Β· history

War built on bleakness, twice over

The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.

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Dear John
2010 Β· dir. Lasse HallstrΓΆm
πŸ… 28%β˜… 6.3drama Β· romance Β· war

Contemplative drama in both cases

While Sergeant John Tyree is home on two weeks leave from Germany, he meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off a pier. John eventually falls in love with Savannah, who promises to write to him until he returns from overseas.

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A Royal Affair
2012 Β· dir. Nikolaj Arcel
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.5drama Β· history Β· romance

One thread runs through both: royalty

A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.

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The Patriot
2000 Β· dir. Roland Emmerich
πŸ… 61%β˜… 7.2drama Β· history Β· war

Both are built on the same subject: sword fight

After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, America, against the British, Benjamin reluctantly returns to his old life to protect his son.

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Battle for Sevastopol
2015 Β· dir. Sergey Mokritsky
β˜… 7war Β· drama Β· romance

Romance with a pulse of romance, in both cases

The story of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the most successful female sniper in history.

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000 Β· dir. Ang Lee
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.9adventure Β· drama Β· action

Both lean on scale more than on action

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than Alexander does

Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.

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